[audio mp3="http://nickenfield.org/files/drm_20171204_1915.mp3"][/audio] What are the moral obligations of a casual chat? Why is there value in every 'ummm', 'mm-hmmm', and 'like'? And does the country you grew up in make a difference in how quickly you reply to a question? Nick Enfield is the author of a new book,...
[audio mp3="http://nickenfield.org/files/aye_20170715_1807-1.mp3"][/audio] Language loss is a silent phenomenon - creeping and incremental like erosion. But what precisely do we lose when a language is no longer spoken? Perhaps we should be asking: what do we keep when linguistic diversity is maintained? Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney,...
[audio mp3="http://nickenfield.org/files/bay_20160318_1005.mp3"][/audio] Do dolphins say ‘Huh?’ Do gorillas point out dropped bananas to other gorillas? Do ants quote one another? Human language is a a uniquely complex combination of social and cognitive capacities. Professor Nick Enfield explains the latest research on what distinguishes human language, from its cooperative...